Description:Aladdin Sane is the sixth album by David Bowie, released by RCA Records in 1973 (see 1973 in music). The follow-up to his breakthrough The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, it was the first album Bowie wrote and released as a bona fide pop star. While many critics agree that it contains some of his best materiAladdin Sane is the sixth album by David Bowie, released by RCA Records in 1973 (see 1973 in music). The follow-up to his breakthrough The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, it was the first album Bowie wrote and released as a bona fide pop star. While many critics agree that it contains some of his best material, opinion as to its overall quality has often been divided. NME editors Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray called the album "oddly unsatisfying, considerably less than the sum of the parts",[8] while Bowie encyclopedist Nicholas Pegg describes it as "one of the most urgent, compelling and essential" of his releases. The Rolling Stone review by Ben Gerson pronounced it "less manic than The Man Who Sold The World, and less intimate than Hunky Dory, with none of its attacks of self-doubt." It was one of six Bowie entries in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (at #277) and ranked #77 on Pitchfork Media's Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.... (more)(less)

"This friend admitted he cheated. He could not list just ONE album of the bands he listened to ALL THE TIME and had every single album every released by each (at that time). He did follow the guidelines and chose only music he listened to between the ages of 12 - 17.
1. Aladdin Sane, David Bowie
2. All of Bob Dylan
3. All of Bruce Springsteen
4. All of Led Zeppelin
5. All of The Doors
6. All of the Rolling Stones
7. Animals, Pink Floyd
8. Bad Co., Bad Company
9. Behind Blue Eyes, The "

"'"I think Aladdin was much more in the area of 'Ziggy goes to America'," Bowie remarked of the Ziggy sequel written largely during his first extensive U.S. tour. "Time" bridges the two albums, but "The Jean Genie" and a raunchy cover of "Let's Spend the Night Together" show a harder, louder, sexier Bowie.""